October 05, 2008

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Al Ribeiro, until now McCain's Michigan state director, had the unenviable task of sending out an email to Republicans in the state explaining as delicately as possible why they were pulling out.

"With 30 days before the election, the campaign must decide where it can best utilize its limited resources with the goal of winning nationally and ensuring John McCain is our next President,' Ribiero explained in an message Saturday, adding that McCain hadn't given up on the state and urging activists to keep working.

One county chair wasn't buying -- and he let Ribiero and a large list of other Michigan Republicans know in a scalding email reply.

"If you are going to end visits to the state by McCain/ Palin, do it," urged Jack Waldvogel, Chairman of the Emmet County GOP in a message obtained by Politico. "Just don't formally announce that you are 'pulling out' of Michigan, and then come back two days later asking the base core of support to 'keep working.' What a slap in the face to all the thousands of people who have been energized by the addition of Sarah Palin to the ticket. I've been involved in County Party politics and organization for 40 years, and this is the biggest dumbass stunt I have ever seen."

Waldvogel added later in the message: "He has given up on our State? What a total and complete crock of crap. Again, I think McCain owes the Republicans and the People of Michigan a HUGE APOLOGY. SOON!"

Having to pick and choose which states to compete in is always difficult and bound to leave bruised local feelings, but Michigan is used to being a target state and McCain had lavished attention there since wrapping up the nomination. And Palin's public second-guessing of the move in the days since the decision was made has only angered Michiganders more.

"How on earth are we to get people to work for McCain here, when he has already, publicly, in the media, given up on Michigan?" wondered Waldvogel. "We feel abandoned, we are disappointed, and we are heartsick to know that we aren't important enough for him to fight for."

Man, this ****gets funnier by teh second! What new shoe will drop tomorrow, UTAH for Obama? BWAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAAAH AAAA HAAAAA
Halloween has come early this year, Palin/McCain masks flying off the shelves, I can't think of anything scarier these days.

The fact is that the economy is a big issue in Michigan and it was already a lean-Democrat state, so it would make no sense for McCain to waste resources there. He needs to focus on holding the Bush states and look elsewhere for pickups. Who cares if the Michigan GOP people are angry? It doesn't change anything.

I agree with him. McCain's campaign seems to be run by idiots. Why would they publicize it like this....to **** off any chance at Michigan no matter what happens in the next 30 days?
If his campaign is a reflection of his executive skills maybe we are better off waiting 4 years and trying again with a real candidate.

If Sarah "Alaskan Independence Party" Palin has to run and campaign in Nebraska tonight for 1 electoral vote and in Florida & North Carolina in the next couple of days which are suppose to be an easy red state, that's the reason why McCain pulled out of Michigan. He has to play defense in too many red states. When someone has to do the politics of smear like McCain/Palin are doing than you know they are on the losing side. It doesn't help that McCain's brother called Northern Virginia "communist" country. Now NO Northern Virginian will be voting for McCain.

better yet, McCain should pull out of the race all together since he's got nothing new to talk about but the tired connection with Ayers. look at how well it worked for Hillary. C'mon bring it on buddy.

"The fact is that the economy is a big issue in Michigan and it was already a lean-Democrat state, so it would make no sense for McCain to waste resources there. He needs to focus on holding the Bush states and look elsewhere for pickups. Who cares if the Michigan GOP people are angry? It doesn't change anything."

It does matter, though, and here's why: as the author of the e-mail says, just pull out, don't announce it to the world which has the effect of de-motivating people, and then turn around and ask them still to work and spend time and money when the campaign isn't going to bother. Even if they couldn't win Michigan, they could at least force Obama to spend more defending it, diverting his resources from elsewhere.

On top of that, state republicans have to worry about down-ticket races. This infighting between the national GOP/McCain campaign and the state GOP can seriusly hurt those 2 close congressional races as well as a variety of state/local races that Republicans are competing in. Pulling out in a highly public manner as they did may have coattail effects that undermine more Republicans statewide, almost like conceding blame for the economic mess.

Mind you, I'm thrilled about the prospects, but it just once more shows how ill prepared, tactically focused, and erratic the McCain campaign is.

Has anyone else noticed how McCain treats people? I read there were hard feelings over the VP pick because McCain strung along Romney, Ridge and Coleman. Where as Obama reportedly told VP finalists to there face he was not picking them. Now McCain sh_t's all over the Michigan GOP. Clasy guy that McCain.

McCain getting out of the state is one thing but jumping out without telling his GOP ground staff and causing this problems really shows how careless this man is. I used to think he had it, but now he is showing himself to be the failure he is.

"All this for supposedly 20% of the population that is supposed to be American in the first place. Our culture is being consumed from within. Wake-up America and vote this November for people who will stop the invasion."

So why is a good American like you speaking the tongue of the hated British on this website?

Doesn't everyone realize that this is just another scheme by the McCain campaign??
By "formally" leaving Michigan it opens the door for all of the PACs to run inaccurate "swift boat" lies in McCain's name without dragging the campaign to the muddy botoom with lies and outright deception.
not that that has mattered to them so much thus far.

"We feel abandoned, we are disappointed, and we are heartsick to know that we aren't important enough for him to fight for."
Well, you ARE important enough for Obama/Biden to fight for. Come on down to your local Obama office and work for the candidate who does care.

"Doesn't everyone realize that this is just another scheme by the McCain campaign?? By "formally" leaving Michigan it opens the door for all of the PACs to run inaccurate "swift boat" lies in McCain's name without dragging the campaign to the muddy botoom with lies and outright deception. not that that has mattered to them so much thus far."

Serious tinfoil hat time for that one. He gets bad press, causes infighting with the state party, gives the appearance that he is blowing off the voters of the state, all on the hopes that some PACs can throw around enough dirt on his opponent in 30-days to effectively turn the election around? Not gonna happen. It takes months to build up a smear campaign (even the swiftboaters didn't seriously catch on till several months after they started, and I still think their contribution to Kerry's loss was minimal comapred to his "for it before I was against it" gaffe), and the negatives for McCain here will more than outweigh the negatives that a swiftboat campaign can build up against Obama.

Palin said on faux noise she wanted to go to those plants in Michigan. 480,000 jobs lost since 2001. There isn't any plants left, just unemployment lines. Joe six pack can't afford a beer. Hockey Moms can't afford puck.

McCain's entire campaign has been "the biggest ******* stunt" anyone has ever seen. Funny thing is that they think they have a month to turn this ship around. In fact they have about a week. If they strike out with their latest gambit of hyping previously hashed out and discredited attacks on Obama's character, they are finished. There will be no way to pivot to anything else before the election. Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock. Try not to trip over yourselves while running around like a bunch of decapitated chickens.

We're going to see more of this in the weeks the come. Many Republicans witness that the erratic McCain is going to lose the White House for them. Many of them weren't supporters of the "maverick" in the first place, and lots of them will publicly go against him even before election day. After Obama's win, McCain will be slaughtered by his own party. And rightly so, maybe.

If someone replaced "redneck" with another... colorful word, and unflattering sexist euphamisms that refer to prostitution with "thug, crack head, gangsta" there would be all kinds of race allegations.
If you can't offer a fair criticism of Palin without calling her a whore, hooker, reneck, or pig - then you show yourself contemptuous, crass, and sorry reflection on the opposition candidate.

I read somewhere that this may be a stunt by McCain to get Obama to back off of Michigan so that he can swoop in here right before the election and try to pick it up without having to spend a lot of time and money here. Well, I wish him good luck with that if he tries it. I don't know one person who is still planning to vote for McCain--the ones who were going to, including me, have decided to go with Obama. After seeing how he operates and learning more about Palin, he'll never get us back.

Don't you love how Palin threw McCain under the bus! She's a political animal. He should have payed more attention to the stories about how she screwed over all the republicans that helped her get that Alaska oil commission job to become Gov. in the first place. There is no way, and I mean NO WAY that a veep would do that, TWO, count 'em, TWO days in a row. She know's they're going down and she's setting herself up for the future. I'd feel sorry for McCain, but he did it to himself.

I don't know what the ploy was or is in making this announcement but I am sure McCain isn't giving up on Michigan. Not when Michigan has being in play for several months. I think McCainPalin will carry Michigan when all is over and done.

Oh, please... let John McCain and Sarah Palin come back to Michigan, all Ike Turner-like.
"I'm sorry baby... it'll never happen again!"
They should spend more time there!!! And in Arizona and Alaska too, while they're at it!

I'm from Michigan and we kicked the McCain camp OUT! Other states are now using our strategy and shutting them DOWN across our great country! Expect to hear of 3 other states out of play next week. I will not tell you how we're doing it but what I will say is; our 'inner circle' are watching everything McCain does and counteracting their move. We got their play book and it will soon be online. It's nasty and racist and we want everyone to see their next move!

The McCain/Palin campaign should unapologetically and relentlessly go on the attack concerning: "Who is this masked man?". It's amazing how little we know about Obama and what we do know is verrry troubling indeed. The media elite lets him off scott free while bashing the smallest personal details of Sarah's personal life and then cries 'foul' when she dares bring up the name of Ayers. You go girl!

it now appears that the real front runner in the republican ticket is sara palin. mccain is done. he is a a quitter. he has quit in michigan, and he has quit ont he americn people by runnning a nasty racist campaing led by the un-american palin family. they have gutter values and her husband was in favor of alaska quitting the united states in favor if becomming an independent country. mccain has chosen a real america hater, and he is a despicable slouch. can you imagine what mccaoin would be saying if it was obama's wife who was a drug stealing drug addict? or if it was his daughter who posted photos of herself deinking whisky? or if obama was a cheating husband who lied to his new wife about his age. Those are republican values. lieing is ok if it gets you what you want. do we really wqnt the mccain/ palin group in the whithouse to be role models for oour young children? No No No we don't. true patriotic americans find Mccain/ Palin sub par to represent america. Obama and Biden are far superior people and are the one's that truly are putting america firts. how can Palin smirk her way through the 'country first' theme when she was pals with the anti-american Alaska Independence Party, which her husband Todd was a MEMBER of for many years.

The Michigan move is only a further indication of how smart the Obama campaign was to refuse federal financing of his campaign.
McCain is running out of money, and can't match who Obama will do to him in the 'battleground' states. Look at MN.
Obama will start picking off states as he goes. It will be a landslide, the McCain/Palin spouting off inanities.

300, the Iraqi ex-pats you're talking about, who mostly live in Dearborn, aren't Muslim. They are an ethnic group called Chaldeans, who are Christian Iraqis who left to escape persecution and practice religious freedom here in America. Get your facts straight.

How sad to see McCain, the Man of Honour, jump into the cess-pit because his running mate told him to. Perhaps it goes to show that everyman has his price.
What are we to take away from this descent into McFilthy McPolitics? Could it be that if we want a McPresident, we vote for McPalin and her lap dog?
As I recall, Jesus was a community organiser, but Pontius Pilate was a Governer.
Honesty is the best policy - it might not be popular with the GOP just now, but it is what the Great American Public deserve.
Ronnie - who once played chess with an anarchist, but was not changed from being a democratic Christian socialist by the experience.

Waldvogel shouldn't worry too much about it. McCain has already signaled that he has given up on the election. Telling the media that the upcoming smear attacks will be made to keep voters from thinking about the economy is the equivalent of saying: "Here's my strategy, and here's why it won't work."

I'm with you, shameless.
Palin has already announced her ambitions to run for the presidency in 2012. McCain should have looked at that one before pairing up with her. Now that he has given her the experience of being up on the national stage, she throws him under the bus. Might as well be dating a scorpion.

Say it aint so Joe... six pack and all!!!
Now I understand why Cindy looks like a deer dazed by headlights.
Can ya imagine his behavior at home??? Opps... maybe that's why they have sooooo many houses.
Kick the Maverick to the curb, MI.

Obama is a big danger to the US. He cannot be trusted with his association with the criminal element, terrorists and radical black militants like Reverend Wright and Farakan. Obama is a fake and a fraud and hates white people just the way Reverand Wright does. It is impossible for Obama to be a member of Reverand Wright's church for over 20 years and to be a personal friend of his and then to say that he has no clue that Reverand Wright is a militant black radical racist and hates whites.
Obama has not accomplished one damn thing as he is an empty suit. The only thing I can think of is that he was a member of ACORN that forced banks to make loans to minorities without any credit and required no down payments. Obama was directly behind this funding. Also, he was responsible for trying to sneak in a $20 billion grant to ACORN as part of the bail out package. Thankfully it was stripped out by some brave Republicans. So, the end result is that the recent financial crisis that Americans have now had to pay for is directly due to Obama and the Democratic leadership due to their irresponsibility. Other than that, some one please name one accomplishment of Obama. No one can name one positive thing.
Obama is a total joke. I just do not understand how Democrats can be so shallow to vote for such a corrupt individual with ties to criminal, terrorists and black militants. Wake up Democrats ? Obama will destroy our country.

It has been revealed in the vice-presidential debate, that Palin was calling for the attention of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and California voters to back MacCain's election. She sensed an issue to defeat the Obama(ultra liberal) camp upon and that issue is the "GAY-MARRIAGE Licensing" deception!!!!!!! The truth is that California's 'Prop. 8' may come back to haunt Obama's campaign! Michigan Republicans take a hint from Palin's debate the other week: she tried to win that debate upon the theme of vote no on licensing homosexuals w/ marriage rights!!! Americans vote for the MacCain-Palin ticket to save grace for our country!!!!

It is time for Mich and all sensible republicans to wake up and smell the white flag that the McChikish has thrown out, and ran for a moose steak! Mich produces vehicles, next time McChikish comes around, show him the moose steakhouse! What a shame, what if he wins, will he rebuild Mich? You betcha!!!!!!!!!!

I do not know why theya re complaining about it. McCain is using public funding. It is better if they invite Gov. Palin to do the job. I promise that Republicans will win in Michigan if they get help from Gov. Palin and also Gov. Mitt Romney. Good luck. Barack is hollow and he is a radical left wing liberal.

Who is Sarah Palin?.....What is her association with the Alaskan INdependence Party ( they wanted to seceede from the USA) I heard her husband was a registered member and that she spoke at one of their functions? Is Sarah Palin a Separatist?

This is the beginning of abandonment, the last will be when McCain/Palin wins the white house the same way they will abandon you and I.because they are two empty drums that make the loudest noise.Empty in every thing you and I can think of!

Quote from Madealine Albright:
"Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden."

I honestly cannot understand how there is still a republican party... back-stabbing, lies, deceit, Palin... where will it end? It looks like McCain's ploy to get some has backfired because this "bimbo"(thanks Maher) is jumping ship and looking for personal gains at any expense(like most Republicans)! Obama may not even have to fight for this one... they are beating themselves.

Yes, Palin is definitely setting herself up for 2012. I couldn't believe it when she came out publicly against mccain's decision to back out of michigan--- it was so disrespectful and it also revealed that she is out of the loop in the mccain camp. She scored a C- in the VP debate and is feeling her oats because she avoided vomiting or fainting. Poor mccain--he sold his soul to the devil and is already being stabbed in the back by this ambitious, incompetent witch.

It is strange. Waldvogel's key point is: fine, you gotta do what you gotta do, but blabbing about it nationally kills the ground game in Michigan. (But you betcha Gov. Gunner's shin kickin' McHQ shows she's runnin for 2012 gosh darn it.)

The idiot that think thee iraqi people have to thank Bush must be in a mental hospital. How would they feel if someone like MCBush decided to bomb their homes kill thier children when they had done nothing to deserve it.The problem is that The reps dont kmow geography the people that commited 911 were Saudis, you know the ones Bush holds hands with.Bush did not have the cojones to catch Ben in the cave.

I hope these idiots enjoy their socialist life that Obama will bring. He is dangerous to us he is risky to us. He has plans that he has studied and harbored for a number of years; the teachings of Saul "red" Alinsky/marxist. What amazes me is how people posting here don't even look up this Saul's name on Google to learn anything.

McCain should pull out of Michigan. The voters got what they asked for when they elected a Democrat for their Governor.* * * * * 8 Years ago, Cleveland was the poorest city in America, now Detroit has that 'honor'. Ohio voted Republican in the last 2 national elections, Michigan went for the Democrat. . . Connect the dots, folks.

I was reading through the comments and all I see is that the Republicans have nothing to say about the current situation of America, instead just like their leader they are trying to change the subject and turn the page on the economy. Let me just say my and many other Americans wallets, bank accounts, 401K's, grocery bills, etc. are to important to talk about Rev Wright.
PS. Here is a suggestion try talking about the issues and what matters to America instead of concertrating on proven FALSE issues of the past.

If your spelling and grammer are any indication of your IQ - then it's no wonder the Republicans are pulling out of (poor old union dominated Michigan!) Guys, try to understand what's going on in the good old U.S.A.!!

Just Remembering that Obama never campaigned in Michigan because of all the drama over primary dates, etc... this is the aftermath before the election of all of that. And McCain was supposedly going to pick Romney because that might help in Michigan...

McCain is an idiot, enough said there. These national campaign flubs gave me an indication of how Hillary wasn't ready to lead a large national effort - and this is another indication McCain is not ready for the big leagues when he actually is responsible for being something other than disagreeable.
On another note, I feel sorry for Michigan, they got screwed by in the primaries too. I sincerely hope the state gets some respect and some jobs back.

If you are planning on voting for JUNIOR SENATOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, perhaps you might need to read this article. The facts are not being denied in the Obama camp. They are well known, but Obama is counting on America to be her typical forgiving and ignoring self --- or better yet, he is counting on 18 and 19 year olds who really do not know any better.
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
THE FOLLOWING IS FACT AND NOT IN DISPUTE. EVERY WORD HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM COMPANY RECORDS, GOVERNMENT AGENCY RECORDS, COURT RECORDS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AT THE TIME.
Here is a quick look into 3 FORMER FANNIE MAE EXECUTIVES who have brought down Wall Street.
FRANKLIN RAINES WAS A CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT FANNIE MAE. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregularities in Fannie Mae?s accounting activities. At the time of his departure The Wall Street Journal noted, ? Raines, who long defended the company?s accounting despite mounting evidence that it wasn?t proper, issued a statement late Tuesday conceding that ?mistakes were made? and saying he would assume responsibility as he had earlier promised. News reports indicate the company was under growing pressure from regulators to shake up its management in the wake of findings that the company?s books ran afoul of generally accepted accounting principles for four years.? Fannie Mae had to reduce its surplus by $9 billion. RAINES LEFT WITH A ?GOLDEN PARACHUTE VALUED AT $240 MILLION IN BENEFITS. The Government filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became clear.
http://housingdoom.com/2006/12/18/fannie-charges/
The Government noted, ?The 101 charges reveal how the individuals improperly manipulated earnings to maximize their bonuses, while knowingly neglecting accounting systems and internal controls, misapplying over twenty accounting principles and misleading the regulator and the public. The Notice explains how they submitted six years of misleading and inaccurate accounting statements and inaccurate capital reports that enabled them to grow Fannie Mae in an unsafe and unsound manner.? These charges were made in 2006. The Court ordered Raines to return $50 Million Dollars he received in bonuses based on the miss-stated Fannie Mae profits.
TIM HOWARD - WAS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF FANNIE MAE. HOWARD ?was a strong internal proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a ?stable pattern of earnings? at Fannie. In everyday English - he was cooking the books . The Government Investigation determined that, ?Chief Financial Officer, Tim Howard, failed to provide adequate oversight to key control and reporting functions within Fannie Mae,?
On June 16, 2006, Rep. Richard Baker, R-La., asked the Justice Department to investigate his allegations that two former Fannie Mae executives lied to Congress in October 2004 when they denied manipulating the mortgage-finance giant?s income statement to achieve management pay bonuses. Investigations by federal regulators and the company?s board of directors since concluded that management did manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned under pressure in late 2004. HOWARD?S GOLDEN PARACHUTE WAS ESTIMATED AT $20 MILLION!
JIM JOHNSON - A FORMER EXECUTIVE AT LEHMAN BROTHERS AND WHO WAS LATER FORCED FROM HIS POSITION AS FANNIE MAE CEO. A look at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight?s May 2006 report on mismanagement and corruption inside Fannie Mae, and you?ll see some interesting things about Johnson. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount of Johnson?s 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between $6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million.? Johnson is currently under investigation for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while serving as CEO of Fannie Mae. JOHNSON?S GOLDEN PARACHUTE WAS ESTIMATED AT $28 MILLION.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
FRANKLIN RAINES - Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor
TIM HOWARD - Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama
JIM JOHNSON - Johnson is Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama?s Vice Presidential Search Committee
OBAMA PLANS ON CLEANING UP THE MESS --- Would you trust the men who tore Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street?
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: ?FOLLOW THE MONEY?.

Excuse me? What does republicians stand for !Exactly what MCcain and Palin say Freedom!Obama is rhetoric,and for himself ,Why are so many falling for him.He will take our freedoms away ,as he is already doing and isnt even office yet.He" history record is a joke ,Dont just listen to what he says,Find out they are many places online to do this.I only want somebody in office I can trust to do the job,Obama is not it.

Why the campaign would announce this just before the VP debate really demonstrates their lack of intelligence. If that, than for no other reason, it's time for a "real" change.
McCain is Unstable; Palin Unable.

No guts, no glory.
Why is that great "war hero" going to 'cut and run?'
Republicans, your leader has just started waving the 'white flag of surrender'.
Erratic and scary. Not the kind of guy we want in the White House.
Ask your friends why Viet Nam Vets refer to McCain as "Songbird".

Michigan Republican's need to look at the bigger picture. McCain was never gonna carry their state and right now he is losing ground in supposed red states. He needs to regain his lead in red states before he can focus on taking on other blue states. It's just common knowledge. They need to stop crying

This was a classic post: If your spelling and grammer are any indication of your IQ - then it's no wonder the Republicans are pulling out of (poor old union dominated Michigan!) Guys, try to understand what's going on in the good old U.S.A.!!
Posted By: Educated Texan | October 05, 2008 at 09:00 PM
Guess what MORON, it is spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-R. First you make yourself look like a condescending ******* by criticizing spelling and G-R-A-M-M-A-R online, then you make yourself look plain stupid.

Raines has nothing to do with Obama and that has been fact checked and denounced---go away troll and start finding yourself another job==== mccain your boss is falling falling you can only lie so much and it all comes falling back on you--you do no need a good memory if you always tell the truth poor Mccain he is his own worst enemy!

I live in Monroe, I am a registered Democrat. Some of my friends are Republicans, mainly we differ on social issues like same sex marriage and abortion, matters of thier faith. I understand McCain having to use his resources wisely, but this was botched. Does his chief of staff have no political sense? I think Obama will easily win the election but bonehead mistakes like this practicaly makes it certian. I am happy, gets those two pathetic mudslinging people off the stage.

It's jest a ploy and he like to make his own party squirm. He will run ads like crazy on the last week.
Besides it is cheaper to have palin run around like an attack dog. She has to be kept busy or the press will try to nail her again.
Palin has to make as much waves as necessary so the old dud can slowdown and rest.
Plus he is using it to con Obama to do less also.
Any ways Johnny has no more options. He is taking the low road so what else is there?

Funny how they could send Palin to very Blue California and Red Nebraska...and McCain would go to deep Blue Iowa...but they are abandoning Michigan?
There's something odd there. It looks as if they are either having to bolster the flagging campaigns of some big fundraisers (for the NRC...not McCain Palin) like Jerry Lewis or Issa. So it suggests that maybe the campaign is running out of money already...but NRC $ are all second-hand and limited.
Or they really are scared of losing Nebraska...and think they have a shot in California?
Why aren't they focusing in on the battleground states though? It's really bizarre.

I agree with "Scales" that Palin was disrepectful to openly disagree with McCain's decision to pull out of Michigan--why wouldn't she have discussed it in private with him. If they should win, is this a preview of how she will behave when she disagree with how he is running the country? Further, if you are running for the second largest office in US government, why would you be "flippant" when answering any type of question from the media? I know that I wouldn't, I would want everybody to know that I am able and capable for the job. One other comment: I did not appreciate the way Gov. Palin handled the story of her daughter's pregnancy--she is not the first unwed teenager to be pregnant nor will she be the last; but because McCain-Palin camp chose not to disclose it before hand (did they think it wasn't going to come out?) that poor girl was subjected to a lot of unnecesary publicity. The things one would do to win an office!!

Face it Michigan, McCain would rather send Palin to Orange County, California even though he haas ZERO chance of winning California. It's all about fund raising and you Michigan paupers aren't on the money map.

Sorry, Michigan RepubliCons, Don't be so hard on yourselves...The people of the Great State of Michigan deserve better, than a tired old man, and a wacko from Wasilla, AK for Prez/VP. "The Fat Lady" is humming, and I'm hearing OBA...... GO BLUE, GO BLUE, GO OBAMA!!!

It appears Fox "News" in collaboration with the GOP and McCain's campaign have pledged to unleash an all-out smear assault on our campaign.
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Really starting to wonder if Mccain is losing it. I understand shifting resources, but why public ally announce that your abandoning a state? Why not just scale down efforts and appearances there and look busy elseware? Stupid move.

Erm. Isn't it even more damaging to the Republican effort to come out and call it a 'complete crock of crap'?
The Rep. party of today (not of the past and hopefully not of the future) can only be united by negative strikes and campaigns. Steer well clear on November 4.

Uh...doesn't this mean that McBush & Miss Sarah just "cut and run", "waving the white flag of surrender"? Seems like the OLD boy doesn't really give a crap about the dire economic situation in Michigan. You gotta wonder if he will do the same as president when other tough situations arrive (like the dire economic situation hitting the entire country, now). McBush/Miss Sarah: DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA!

All this is moot. Obama is not a natural born citizen. Dont believe me? Check out Philip J. Berg's lawsuit. Who's he? Just a former asst. attorney general of PA, a lifelong Dem., fundraiser, and possible American hero. All Berg wants is for Obams to produce an OFFICIAL birth certificate from Hawaii, not the Xerox copy Obama has on the web and he will drop the suit. Obama CANNOT produce it and the lawsuit goes on.

This is very sad. McCain should know that by publicly making this state , he's going to loose a lot of support. Why don't they do more to show us, the people, that they really care and are trying to win our votes. If he says forget me, then I'll take my vote else where.

Here's an idea - for those of you who jumped ship from Hillary to McCain in Michigan and are now seeing what an "asteroid" McCain really is, please come back home and vote for Obama! Bring along those disgruntled Republicans and have them email and call friends in other states to help us elect Barack! McPain in the ARSE doesn't care about the people he just wants to be elected to make himself feel better for screwing his fellow POWs,MIAs, and other deserving Veterans. He's no Maverick, he's more like FESTUS from 'Gunsmoke'!

Here's an idea - for those of you who jumped ship from Hillary to McCain in Michigan and are now seeing what an "asteroid" McCain really is, please come back home and vote for Obama! Bring along those disgruntled Republicans and have them email and call friends in other states to help us elect Barack! McPain in the ARSE doesn't care about the people he just wants to be elected to make himself feel better for screwing his fellow POWs,MIAs, and other deserving Veterans. He's no Maverick, he's more like FESTUS from 'Gunsmoke'!

I find it very interesting that I, an average Joe Six-pack, knew about the Michigan pull-out a full 18 hours before Sarah Palin did (She did not even know until the morning after it was announced). I guess that tells you how informed/consulted she would be in a McClone administration. Say it aint so, John! You betcha! Wink-wink. What a bunch of mental retards your party is full of!!!

Yes, there IS a real difference between these two groups~~
"Again, I think McCain owes the Republicans and the People of Michigan a HUGE APOLOGY. SOON!"
There are the PEOPLE~the REAL Americans and there are the repiglicans.

Jeez, another "small business" leaving the state of Michigan. After 7 plus years of this happening, can you honestly say you're surprised another is leaving? I wonder if they have a UHaul "restocking fee" (for their fleet of trucks) like I did.

Doesn't it bother anyone in the Media
that they are brainwashing young people
to 'chant' and act like slaves to Obama?
I thought we freed the slaves years ago...
What is going on with this Obama campaign?
Its very frightening to see.
Its communist and UNAMERICAN!

Quote "No guts, no glory. Why is that great "war hero" going to 'cut and run?' Republicans, your leader has just started waving the 'white flag of surrender'. Erratic and scary. Not the kind of guy we want in the White House. Ask your friends why Viet Nam Vets refer to McCain as "Songbird". End Quote
That is because he gave up his fellow soldiers to the enemy. He talked just a bit. This is a fact that I have often wondered why it wasn't countered, when the GOP goes on about what a great war hero he was. Let us not forget the real truth about how he gave up his fellow soldiers.

The House GOP rejected McCain's appeal in the first vote for the bailout. Now the RNC leadership is calling McCain's stunts "a crock of crap".
McCain can't unite his own party. He can't reach out ON HIS SIDE of the aisle. How in hell is he going to reach across the aisle?
McCain is a disaster waiting to happen. Liberals warned you about Bush and you didn't listen. Please listen now: McCain will kill America.
Obama 08

"If someone replaced "redneck" with another... colorful word, and unflattering sexist euphamisms that refer to prostitution with "thug, crack head, gangsta" there would be all kinds of race allegations."
Which is exactly why Obama & Biden have steered clear of the character assassination that is the Republicans' stock in trade.

Wow, as an Obama volunteer I work with many other grassroots volunteers, who are there because they want Obama to win, and because they love their country. Were not getting any assistance from HQ here in California, no one in my town, Stockton, is getting paid, (and were up by 12-15%). I cant imagine any of these people whinning that the campaign isnt going to pay us, we'd do it anyway, enthusiastically.

Well, goodness, it sounds like a personal problem. I have said in the beginning that Obama has more than enough experience to lead this nation. He cares. He was the first one to voice...change. Yes, indeed. Tuesday night should be interesting.

McCain..
one of the Keating 5.. look it up
Don't vote for the Hothead and the Airhead...
Act like you have a brain and look up the lies being spread about Obama and vote for the only one with half a brain that's running.. Obama!
Neither McCain or Palin have a legal background. They are both clueless bozos. Neither know a think about economics.
McCain graduated almost on the botom of his class and Palin had to go to multiple schools just to get a Journalism degree!
Please don't allow race or lies play a role in your choice.. we deperately need a smart person running the executive branch of our government. We cannot afford another half wit running the country...
McCain the hothead and palinocchio are just what the doctor ordered.. if you want to suffer through an economic depression!

I heard people calling in on a National Radio Show this morning from Michigan. They thought that since John McCain was "pulling out" of Michigan that they did not have to go vote. They were under the impression that Obama had won Michigan and they did not need to vote.
I know that the whole thing is a stunt, but could it be a stunt to drive down the Dems vote in Michigan, because people will confuse "pulling out" with quitting?

My favorite thing, being from this state, is hearing Obama supporters saying he cares. He's barely campaigned here, and has KNOWN union busters giving him large sums of money and WORKING for his campaign.
Ignorance is bliss.

Are the Mich Republicans as dumb as they apear to be. Judging from their GOP chairman in Emmet county I have to believe he just came in from the farm. He did the McCain ticket no, I repeat no favors by his comments. If he wants Obama to win this election just keep running off at the mouth. He has done nothing but give the other side reason to make more negitive comments about McCain. Thanks to the ******* GOP CHAIRMAN IN EMMET COUNTY.

Michigan "don't get no respect"! First the Dems dissed the state by declaring the primary null and void. Then the candidates, including Obama but not Clinton, took their names off the ballot. At the same time, Clinton said Michigan's vote didn't count.
So, why is it that now McCain is saying the same thing, at least by actions? Michigan's economy is not the greatest, but the candidates shouldn't diss us!